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THE
Volume LXII, No. 5
Seattle, Washington
Pub. No. ISSN 0021-678X 75C
25 Adar 1,5746
March 6, 1986
Visits with
refuseniks
in U.S.S.R.
Page 7
Symposium
recommends
plan to fight
racism and
anti-Semitism
Page 6
'Home Start'
program
for Jewish
holidays
Page 9
Teen Suicide
Prevention
program
Page 7
Pledges
top
$240,000
Staff members from several Jewish agencies dance to celebrate the release of Anatoly
Shcharansky last month; the musicians on the right are the Mazeltones.
Farrakhan and the "Black
Hebrews"
Pages 12-13
by Edwin Black
EDITOR'S NOTE: Last fall, Edwin
Black secured a two-hour exclusive interview with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The interview capped an intensive
four month probe for the February 23 issue
of the Washington Post Sunday Magazine.
The following as an excerpt from the the
original 60 page manuscript.
Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation
of Islam has for years been cultivating a
power base among the Black Hebrews, a
sect of black Americans in Israel. Calling
themselves the Original Black Israelite Nation, Black Hebrews are American blacks
from the ghettos of Chicago, Detroit and
Washington, many of them former gang
members, who believe that they are the genuine Jews and therefore the rightful
claimants to the State of Israel. As such,
they believe the existing Ashkenazic and
Sephardic Jews are imposters with no right
to exist in the Jewish State.
A small party of Black Hebrews led by
Chicagoan Ben-Ami Carter settled in the
Negev desert towns of Dimona and Arad in
1969 and were granted apartments by the
Ministry of Absorption.
Others joined them in subsequent years
and their number is now estimated at 3000
to 5000. Only after their arrival did the
group make known its hostile philosophies.
These include a promise to attack government institutions such as the Knesset while
the men are away at the next war, and to
ultimately expel all existing Jews from
Israel. The sect trains all its members in
martial arts.
Cult members in Chicago and Detroit
have been charged by federal authorities
with operating a multi-million dollar
fraudulent check cashing ring in tandem
with a massive counterfeit airline ticket
scam. Some of this money has reportedly
found its way to cult members in Israel.
Farrakhan's people have stayed in close
touch with the Black Hebrews, some of
whom were former followers of Black
Muslim leader Elijah Muhammed. In fact,
Farrakhan's Minister of Defense and
Security, Khallid Abdul Muhammad,
traveled to Israel in 1976 and 1977 to visit
their Dimona stronghold.
Farrakhan did not meet Black Hebrew
leader Ben-Ami Carter until 1977, but when
he did, they immediately struck up a friendship. The Minister himself ultimately
journeyed to Israel in 1978.
Once in Israel, Farrakhan visited the
Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem, and then
went directly to the Black Hebrew community. "I stayed in Dimona about three or
four days — probably less than a week,"
recalls Farrakhan. Although the Black
Hebrews profess a different faith, "I found
acceptance among them," says Farrakhan.
"They were very warm and beautiful (to
me). They were very warm and beautiful to
each other. In fact, it was one of the most
beautiful communities that I've ever been
among in terms of their love for themselves
and each other."
Farrakhan explained how the Black
Hebrews figure into the plan for Black
Muslim world domination. "We have
shared beliefs in that we believe that God
has chosen us to be the cornerstones of a
new world government," he said. "But
they're coming at it from the point of view
of the Torah and we're coming at it from
the point of the Koran."
As part of their mutual support, the Nation regularly lobbies for Black Hebrew
causes. The Black Hebrews in turn regularly provide a voice from within Israel that
can be counted upon for anti-Zionist and
anti-Jewish agitation. For example, a Black
Hebrew "Ambassador" participated in an
international anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist
convention staged by the Nation in
February 1985. Other panelists included
Arthur Butz, the Northwestern University
professor whose book claimed that the
Holocaust was the greatest hoax of the
twentieth century. The climax of the same
convention was the satellite call from
Moammar Khaddafi for American blacks
to create a deserter's army to overthrow
America.
Similar Black Hebrew endeavors include
an anti-Israel letter writing campaign to all
black Congressmen urging them to legislate
both a boycott of all Jewish businesses in
Senate
moves re:
indictment
of Arafat
by Joseph Polakoff
Washington D.C. — Fourty-four
senators ranging from the right to the left
of the senatorial spectrum have urged Attorney General Edwin Meese to seek an indictment of Yasser Arafat for murder, "if
the evidence warrants," in connection with
the murder of two American diplomats in
Khartoum 13 years ago.
The senators signed a letter written by
Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and
Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) after
Lautenberg had been told by the Justice
Department that it is now reviewing "a
possible connection" between Arafat in the
killings that included the Belgian diplomat
Guy Eid, U.S. Ambassador Cleo Noel and
his deputy, G. Curtis Moore, on March 2,
1973.
The three diplomats were taken hostage
when Palestinian terrorists seized the Saudi
Arabian Embassy in Khartoum. Various
State Department cables and a reported
tape recording are said to link Arafat to the
execution of the three men by eight terrorists who had identified themselves as
members of Black September, a part of the
Palestine Liberation Organization.
"Arafat reportedly was present in the
operations center" of Black September in
Beirut when the execution message was sent
to the Khartoum group and he "personally
congratulated the guerillas after the execution," the letter said.
"These allegations, if substantiated,
leave little doubt that a warrant for
Arafat's arrest should be issued, and a
criminal indictment filed against him," the
letter said. "To allow other factors to enter
this decision is to make a mockery of our
laws and our stated commitment to
eradicate terrorism." Elements in the Administration, including the State Department and other agencies, are understood to
be fighting release of the reported tape that
is said had "monitored and recorded"
Arafat's voice.
Neither Senator Evans nor Gorton were
co-signers of the Lautenberg/Grassley letter. □
America and a cut-off of all American aid
to Israel.
Israeli authorities see the entire Black
Hebrew problem as extraordinarily sensitive. The Black Hebrews are technically
Americans and Israel does not want to have
a major confrontation with black
Americans no matter what the circumstances. For this reason, they have
delayed raiding their Dimona complex for a
weapons search, and forestalled deportation proceedings. But as the case builds
against the Black Hebrews as a national
security risk, Israel is fast approaching a
denouement. Until then, the situation
"obliges the authorities to maintain a
security alert regarding activities of the
cult," as one Israeli intelligence briefing expressed it.
However, when Israeli authorities learned from this reporter of Farrakhan's entry
into Israel and his relationship with the
cult, one Jerusalem source declared, "This
puts a fresh light on everything."

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THE
Volume LXII, No. 5
Seattle, Washington
Pub. No. ISSN 0021-678X 75C
25 Adar 1,5746
March 6, 1986
Visits with
refuseniks
in U.S.S.R.
Page 7
Symposium
recommends
plan to fight
racism and
anti-Semitism
Page 6
'Home Start'
program
for Jewish
holidays
Page 9
Teen Suicide
Prevention
program
Page 7
Pledges
top
$240,000
Staff members from several Jewish agencies dance to celebrate the release of Anatoly
Shcharansky last month; the musicians on the right are the Mazeltones.
Farrakhan and the "Black
Hebrews"
Pages 12-13
by Edwin Black
EDITOR'S NOTE: Last fall, Edwin
Black secured a two-hour exclusive interview with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The interview capped an intensive
four month probe for the February 23 issue
of the Washington Post Sunday Magazine.
The following as an excerpt from the the
original 60 page manuscript.
Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation
of Islam has for years been cultivating a
power base among the Black Hebrews, a
sect of black Americans in Israel. Calling
themselves the Original Black Israelite Nation, Black Hebrews are American blacks
from the ghettos of Chicago, Detroit and
Washington, many of them former gang
members, who believe that they are the genuine Jews and therefore the rightful
claimants to the State of Israel. As such,
they believe the existing Ashkenazic and
Sephardic Jews are imposters with no right
to exist in the Jewish State.
A small party of Black Hebrews led by
Chicagoan Ben-Ami Carter settled in the
Negev desert towns of Dimona and Arad in
1969 and were granted apartments by the
Ministry of Absorption.
Others joined them in subsequent years
and their number is now estimated at 3000
to 5000. Only after their arrival did the
group make known its hostile philosophies.
These include a promise to attack government institutions such as the Knesset while
the men are away at the next war, and to
ultimately expel all existing Jews from
Israel. The sect trains all its members in
martial arts.
Cult members in Chicago and Detroit
have been charged by federal authorities
with operating a multi-million dollar
fraudulent check cashing ring in tandem
with a massive counterfeit airline ticket
scam. Some of this money has reportedly
found its way to cult members in Israel.
Farrakhan's people have stayed in close
touch with the Black Hebrews, some of
whom were former followers of Black
Muslim leader Elijah Muhammed. In fact,
Farrakhan's Minister of Defense and
Security, Khallid Abdul Muhammad,
traveled to Israel in 1976 and 1977 to visit
their Dimona stronghold.
Farrakhan did not meet Black Hebrew
leader Ben-Ami Carter until 1977, but when
he did, they immediately struck up a friendship. The Minister himself ultimately
journeyed to Israel in 1978.
Once in Israel, Farrakhan visited the
Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem, and then
went directly to the Black Hebrew community. "I stayed in Dimona about three or
four days — probably less than a week,"
recalls Farrakhan. Although the Black
Hebrews profess a different faith, "I found
acceptance among them," says Farrakhan.
"They were very warm and beautiful (to
me). They were very warm and beautiful to
each other. In fact, it was one of the most
beautiful communities that I've ever been
among in terms of their love for themselves
and each other."
Farrakhan explained how the Black
Hebrews figure into the plan for Black
Muslim world domination. "We have
shared beliefs in that we believe that God
has chosen us to be the cornerstones of a
new world government," he said. "But
they're coming at it from the point of view
of the Torah and we're coming at it from
the point of the Koran."
As part of their mutual support, the Nation regularly lobbies for Black Hebrew
causes. The Black Hebrews in turn regularly provide a voice from within Israel that
can be counted upon for anti-Zionist and
anti-Jewish agitation. For example, a Black
Hebrew "Ambassador" participated in an
international anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist
convention staged by the Nation in
February 1985. Other panelists included
Arthur Butz, the Northwestern University
professor whose book claimed that the
Holocaust was the greatest hoax of the
twentieth century. The climax of the same
convention was the satellite call from
Moammar Khaddafi for American blacks
to create a deserter's army to overthrow
America.
Similar Black Hebrew endeavors include
an anti-Israel letter writing campaign to all
black Congressmen urging them to legislate
both a boycott of all Jewish businesses in
Senate
moves re:
indictment
of Arafat
by Joseph Polakoff
Washington D.C. — Fourty-four
senators ranging from the right to the left
of the senatorial spectrum have urged Attorney General Edwin Meese to seek an indictment of Yasser Arafat for murder, "if
the evidence warrants," in connection with
the murder of two American diplomats in
Khartoum 13 years ago.
The senators signed a letter written by
Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and
Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) after
Lautenberg had been told by the Justice
Department that it is now reviewing "a
possible connection" between Arafat in the
killings that included the Belgian diplomat
Guy Eid, U.S. Ambassador Cleo Noel and
his deputy, G. Curtis Moore, on March 2,
1973.
The three diplomats were taken hostage
when Palestinian terrorists seized the Saudi
Arabian Embassy in Khartoum. Various
State Department cables and a reported
tape recording are said to link Arafat to the
execution of the three men by eight terrorists who had identified themselves as
members of Black September, a part of the
Palestine Liberation Organization.
"Arafat reportedly was present in the
operations center" of Black September in
Beirut when the execution message was sent
to the Khartoum group and he "personally
congratulated the guerillas after the execution," the letter said.
"These allegations, if substantiated,
leave little doubt that a warrant for
Arafat's arrest should be issued, and a
criminal indictment filed against him," the
letter said. "To allow other factors to enter
this decision is to make a mockery of our
laws and our stated commitment to
eradicate terrorism." Elements in the Administration, including the State Department and other agencies, are understood to
be fighting release of the reported tape that
is said had "monitored and recorded"
Arafat's voice.
Neither Senator Evans nor Gorton were
co-signers of the Lautenberg/Grassley letter. □
America and a cut-off of all American aid
to Israel.
Israeli authorities see the entire Black
Hebrew problem as extraordinarily sensitive. The Black Hebrews are technically
Americans and Israel does not want to have
a major confrontation with black
Americans no matter what the circumstances. For this reason, they have
delayed raiding their Dimona complex for a
weapons search, and forestalled deportation proceedings. But as the case builds
against the Black Hebrews as a national
security risk, Israel is fast approaching a
denouement. Until then, the situation
"obliges the authorities to maintain a
security alert regarding activities of the
cult," as one Israeli intelligence briefing expressed it.
However, when Israeli authorities learned from this reporter of Farrakhan's entry
into Israel and his relationship with the
cult, one Jerusalem source declared, "This
puts a fresh light on everything."